World Premiere: June 8, 1948, Austria. According to historians, the car was created by German engineer Ferdinand Porsche's design company (which was founded in 1931) as the 356th project of the firm. The car got its name after this. The design engineer was also the...
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Due to the limited resources of Porsche, the launch of the 911 (which replaced the 356) put a lot of responsibility on the company. The idea of the 356 offspring came from Ferry Porsche (founder Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's son) in 1956.
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Ferdinand Porsche was born on September 3, 1875 in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, in the Maffersdorf region that belonged to Czechoslovakia at that time. He always claimed himself to be Austrian. His first met with modern technology happened as a young tinplate worker at the Maffersdorf...
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